Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 119r

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Jeremiah: lamenting -- Jeremiah, wearing pointed hat, stands below tri-lobed arch, extending left hand toward city wall with open portal. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial C.
Illustration of beginning of Lamentations.